Apple takes a bite out of RadioShack, Best Buy’s market share

By Andria Cheng

RadioShack’s
/quotes/zigman/260227/delayed/quotes/nls/rshRSH steep fourth-quarter loss on Tuesday is raising concerns about its survival. The electronics retailer, like its larger rival Best Buy, is in the throes of a major turnaround that relies in part on carrying hot products from Apple Inc. to fend off such formidable competitors as Wal-Mart and Amazon.

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